Australian Full Federal Court Denies Pharmaceutical Patent Term Extension

On 18 August 2017, the Australian Full Federal Court (Besanko, Yates, and Beach JJ) handed down an interesting decision, at least for the biotechnology community. The Commissioner of PatentsĀ appealed an earlier decision of theĀ Administrative Appeals Tribunal (the decision from which can be found here) , in order to take another look at whether the patent term extension provisions of Australian … Continue reading Australian Full Federal Court Denies Pharmaceutical Patent Term Extension